Two Con Men

Two Con Men 1975

扭计祖宗陈梦吉 niǔ jì zǔzōng chén mèng jí

This 1975 comedy is about two tricksters, one who is bad and will work for the highest bidder and the other who works always for good, a Robin Hood in China film.

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Vocabulary

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墨汁 墨汁 mò zhī prepared Chinese ink ∼HSK 6
水缸 水缸 shuǐ gāng water jar ∼HSK 6
计谋 計謀 jì móu stratagem; scheme ∼HSK 6
阿斗 阿斗 Ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263; (fig.) weak and inept person ∼HSK 6
水泡 水泡 shuǐ pào bubble; blister ∼HSK 6
洞房花烛夜 洞房花燭夜 dòng fáng huā zhú yè wedding night ∼HSK 6
愿赌服输 願賭服輸 yuàn dǔ fú shū lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose; fig. you bet, you pay ∼HSK 6
佣人 傭人 yōng rén servant ∼HSK 6
妙计 妙計 miào jì excellent plan; brilliant scheme ∼HSK 6
查清 查清 chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
损友 損友 sǔn yǒu bad friend ∼HSK 6
吃醋 吃醋 chī cù to feel jealous ∼HSK 6
改名换姓 改名換姓 gǎi míng huàn xìng to change one's name and surname (idiom); to assume a new identity ∼HSK 6
打赌 打賭 dǎ dǔ to bet; to make a bet; a wager ∼HSK 6
串通 串通 chuàn tōng to collude; to collaborate; to gang up ∼HSK 6
勾搭 勾搭 gōu da to gang up; to fool around with; to make up to ∼HSK 6
绣花鞋 繡花鞋 xiù huā xié embroidered shoes ∼HSK 6
解疑 解疑 jiě yí to dispel doubts; to remove ambiguities ∼HSK 6
办妥 辦妥 bàn tuǒ to arrange; to settle; to complete; to carry through ∼HSK 6
麻将牌 麻將牌 má jiàng pái mahjong tile ∼HSK 6
做绝 做絕 zuò jué to go to extremes; to leave no room for maneuver ∼HSK 6
条痕 條痕 tiáo hén weal (e.g. from whipping); streak ∼HSK 6
验尸 驗屍 yàn shī autopsy; postmortem examination ∼HSK 6
图章 圖章 tú zhāng stamp; seal ∼HSK 6
利钱 利錢 lì qián interest (on a loan etc) ∼HSK 6
本利 本利 běn lì principal and interest; capital and profit ∼HSK 6
惯坏 慣壞 guàn huài to spoil (a child) ∼HSK 6
消灾 消災 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities ∼HSK 6
岂不 豈不 qǐ bù how couldn't...?; wouldn't it...? ∼HSK 6
戳穿 戳穿 chuō chuān to puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc) ∼HSK 6
清点 清點 qīng diǎn to check; to make inventory ∼HSK 6
嚷嚷 嚷嚷 rāng rang to argue noisily; to shout; to make widely known; to reproach ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6
泡茶 泡茶 pào chá to make tea ∼HSK 6
承蒙 承蒙 chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
控罪 控罪 kòng zuì criminal charge; accusation ∼HSK 6
草拟 草擬 cǎo nǐ first draft; to draw up (a first version) ∼HSK 6
承袭 承襲 chéng xí to inherit; to follow; to adopt ∼HSK 6
岂敢 豈敢 qǐ gǎn how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise ∼HSK 6
证据确凿 證據確鑿 zhèng jù què záo the evidence is conclusive (idiom); irrefutable proof ∼HSK 6
初犯 初犯 chū fàn first offender; first offense ∼HSK 6
失主 失主 shī zhǔ owner of sth lost or stolen ∼HSK 6
无端 無端 wú duān for no reason at all ∼HSK 6
下葬 下葬 xià zàng to bury; to inter ∼HSK 6
抢劫罪 搶劫罪 qiǎng jié zuì robbery ∼HSK 6
算命先生 算命先生 suàn mìng xiān sheng fortune-teller ∼HSK 6
旗人 旗人 qí rén Manchu; bannerman (refers to the eight Manchu banners) ∼HSK 6
娘儿们 娘兒們 niáng r men (dialect) woman; wife ∼HSK 6
赶得及 趕得及 gǎn dé jí there is still time (to do sth); to be able to do sth in time; to be able to make it ∼HSK 6
时辰 時辰 shíchen two-hour period ∼HSK 6